Sexual and Reproductive Health (Including PrEP and HBV) for Female Sex Workers in Côte d'Ivoire

NCT ID: NCT03985085

Last Updated: 2022-06-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-11-26

Study Completion Date

2023-06-30

Brief Summary

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The PRINCESSE study will implement a comprehensive package of services in sexual and reproductive health for female sex workers in the region of San Pedro in Cote d'Ivoire, including screening, prevention and treatment for HIV, viral hepatitis B, sexually transmitted infections and family planning. All services will be available in mobiles clinics operating on prostitution sites and organized for a chronic follow-up of participants.

Detailed Description

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PRINCESSE is a single-arm interventional cohort of 500 female sex workers (FSWs) in San Pedro, Cote d'Ivoire (400 HIV-negative FSW and 100 HIV-positive FSW).

It consists in the implementation of a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care package for female sex workers in Côte d'Ivoire, combining an HIV PrEP offer (for HIV- FSW) with early treatment of HIV+ FSW, management of HBV infection (testing, vaccination and treatment), testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their consequences, a contraception offer, a quarterly screening of pregnancies, menstrual management counselling and identification of addiction.

This healthcare package will be available both in mobile clinics organized for a quarterly follow-up (10 intervention sites, each site being visited every two weeks) and in the fixed clinic of the partner community-based NGO, at the discretion of each female participant.

The main objective is to develop, document and analyze a community-based healthcare package combining testing, prevention tools including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), immediate HIV treatment, management of Hepatitis B virus and sexual and reproductive health (SRH)

Specific objectives are:

1. To analyse access to care and retention into care, and more generally female participants' healthcare trajectories through a quarterly follow-up of FSWs (infected with HIV or not)
2. To measure female participants' health outcome over time of clinical, behavioural and social indicators
3. To assess PrEP initiation, use and adherence
4. To compare HIV management in the PRINCESSE system with the existing routine treatment and care
5. To measure HBV testing, vaccination and treatment, as part of a decentralised management integrated with HIV PrEP, and possible interactions between HIV PrEP and HBV infection
6. To document the unexpected consequences (positive or negative) of PRINCESSE system on the everyday life of female participants in particular, and on the sex industry in general
7. To evaluate the impact of vaginal microbiota on bacterial sexually transmitted infections, human papillomavirus (HPV) infections and associated cervical lesions; the impact of the HPV type distribution on the vaccinal strategy and the added value of HPV PCR for the primary screening of cervical cancer; and the impact of antimicrobial resistance on the STI guidelines.
8. Assess the a priori acceptability and appropriateness of different forms of long-acting PrEP for different sex workers profiles.

Four data collection devices are included in the cohort: (i) clinical and safety data, (ii) socio-behavioural questionnaires, (iii) biological data, and (iv) in-depth interviews with female participants.

Eight additional data collections are scheduled outside the cohort itself: (i) capture of medical and activity records of Aprosam for PRINCESSE participants; (ii) capture of medical records of HIV+ FSW patients not participating in the PRINCESSE cohort and routinely examined by the NGO partner; (iii) in-depth interviews with key informants in the FSW community; (iv) in-depth interviews with PRINCESSE follow-up actors (peer educators and caregivers) (v) individual biographical interviews with female sex workers recruited by Aprosam and Espace Confiance about long-acting PrEP, supplemented by (vi) focus group discussions with female sex workers; (vii) focus group discussions with sex workers assigned men at birth; (viii) individual interviews with community actors.

Conditions

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HIV Infections Viral Hepatitis B Sexually Transmitted Diseases Contraception

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention arm

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health services

Intervention Type OTHER

Implementation of a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care package for female sex workers in Côte d'Ivoire, combining an HIV PrEP offer (for HIV- FSW) with early treatment of HIV+ FSW, management of HBV infection (testing, vaccination and treatment), testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their consequences, a contraception offer, a quarterly screening of pregnancies, menstrual management counselling and identification of addiction.

This healthcare package will be available both in mobile clinics organized for a quarterly follow-up (10 intervention sites, each site being visited every two weeks) and in the fixed clinic of the partner community-based NGO, at the discretion of each female participant.

Interventions

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Comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health services

Implementation of a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care package for female sex workers in Côte d'Ivoire, combining an HIV PrEP offer (for HIV- FSW) with early treatment of HIV+ FSW, management of HBV infection (testing, vaccination and treatment), testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their consequences, a contraception offer, a quarterly screening of pregnancies, menstrual management counselling and identification of addiction.

This healthcare package will be available both in mobile clinics organized for a quarterly follow-up (10 intervention sites, each site being visited every two weeks) and in the fixed clinic of the partner community-based NGO, at the discretion of each female participant.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being a woman over 18 years of age
* Self-reporting as being a sex worker
* Wishing to enrol in a regular clinical follow-up
* Agreeing to participate in the study and signing the informed consent form
* Regardless of HIV status (infected or not)
* Whether or not the participant has already taken antiretrovirals
* Whether or not the participant is already followed by Aprosam

Exclusion Criteria

* Participation in another biomedical and/or behavioural study on HIV, viral hepatitis or Sexually Transmitted Infections
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Programme PAC-CI

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Aprosam, San Pedro

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Joseph Larmarange, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Sege Eholié, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Programme PAC-CI

Locations

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Aprosam

San-Pédro, , Côte d’Ivoire

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Côte d’Ivoire

Central Contacts

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Jean-Marie Masumbuko

Role: CONTACT

+225 21755960

Marcellin Nouanman

Role: CONTACT

+225 21755960

Facility Contacts

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Clémence Zebago, MD

Role: primary

+225 34000289

Aline Agoua, MD

Role: backup

+225 34000289

References

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Becquet V, Nouaman M, Plazy M, Agoua A, Zebago C, Dao H, Montoyo A, Jary A, Coffie PA, Eholie S, Larmarange J; the ANRS 12381 PRINCESSE team. A community-based healthcare package combining testing and prevention tools, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), immediate HIV treatment, management of hepatitis B virus, and sexual and reproductive health (SRH), targeting female sex workers (FSWs) in Cote d'Ivoire: the ANRS 12381 PRINCESSE project. BMC Public Health. 2021 Dec 4;21(1):2214. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12235-0.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34863122 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ANRS 12381 PRINCESSE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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